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come_sailaway2022-10-13 09:32 pm
theweakhavepurpose) wrote in come_sailaway2022-10-13 09:32 pm
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Are you on the square? Are you on the level?
Who: Deputy Pratt & You
What: A reckoning is upon you (He's storming the halls looking for Sharky)
Where: Everywhere!
When: Mid-October
Warnings: Violence. Cult stuff. Cannibalism. Skinning. Gore. The standard Pratt warning buffet.
Notes: Bracket or prose, live your truth.
1. The World Is Weak - Laundry Room
It's already been well established that the best place to have a breakdown on the ship is in the Laundry Room, so that's where Pratt is. Though he's not crying, he's not yelling or throwing things or freaking out over a jacket like last time. No, he's pacing. Back and forth and back and forth, again and again while staring at the ground. He has his arms folded, clutching across his chest, which is an awkward position while walking but he doesn't move them.
He doesn't know what to do. Well, he knows what he wants to do, but he also knows that he is the master of terrible decisions so maybe he should think about it?
Back and forth. Back and forth.
Enjoying yourself?
"Shut the fuck up."
2. Eviction Notice - Decks
When Deputy Pratt leaves his room in the morning, he's wearing his full uniform, his belt jangling with every step, along with the dog tags around his neck. Idly he trails his fingers along the wall as he goes, dragging through some of those bloody notes left on doors without even seeming to react to it.
"Sharky! Shaaaaarkkkkyyyy..."
For all that people have seen him sobbing into mashed potatoes, enjoying himself in the arcade, or just generally being a morose but kind of endearing dork, there's another side to him that even Clarke hasn't seen. The last time he was walking like this he was losing himself to the conditioning and barely knew what he was doing. This is different. Pratt is in absolute control of himself and that is so much worse.
"It's been a day and we had a deal. A pact even." Pratt normally sounds like a raven with laryngitis, but right now his voice is so low and controlled when he talks that it could probably be used to grind glass. If it's not obvious Pratt is pissed. He's fucking furious. And that cold fury is being bottled up, saving it for later, for when he needs to act.
"It's okay, you can come out. We just need to talk. We're going to have a little chat. That's all."
He gets to the end of the hall of cabins, blood trailing from his fingers across all the doors from the loving notes left to Ebalon. He reaches up to his forehead, using the blood to draw a cross down his nose and across his forehead.
"Did you think you were finally free?"
This is probably fine.
What: A reckoning is upon you (He's storming the halls looking for Sharky)
Where: Everywhere!
When: Mid-October
Warnings: Violence. Cult stuff. Cannibalism. Skinning. Gore. The standard Pratt warning buffet.
Notes: Bracket or prose, live your truth.
1. The World Is Weak - Laundry Room
It's already been well established that the best place to have a breakdown on the ship is in the Laundry Room, so that's where Pratt is. Though he's not crying, he's not yelling or throwing things or freaking out over a jacket like last time. No, he's pacing. Back and forth and back and forth, again and again while staring at the ground. He has his arms folded, clutching across his chest, which is an awkward position while walking but he doesn't move them.
He doesn't know what to do. Well, he knows what he wants to do, but he also knows that he is the master of terrible decisions so maybe he should think about it?
Back and forth. Back and forth.
Enjoying yourself?
"Shut the fuck up."
2. Eviction Notice - Decks
When Deputy Pratt leaves his room in the morning, he's wearing his full uniform, his belt jangling with every step, along with the dog tags around his neck. Idly he trails his fingers along the wall as he goes, dragging through some of those bloody notes left on doors without even seeming to react to it.
"Sharky! Shaaaaarkkkkyyyy..."
For all that people have seen him sobbing into mashed potatoes, enjoying himself in the arcade, or just generally being a morose but kind of endearing dork, there's another side to him that even Clarke hasn't seen. The last time he was walking like this he was losing himself to the conditioning and barely knew what he was doing. This is different. Pratt is in absolute control of himself and that is so much worse.
"It's been a day and we had a deal. A pact even." Pratt normally sounds like a raven with laryngitis, but right now his voice is so low and controlled when he talks that it could probably be used to grind glass. If it's not obvious Pratt is pissed. He's fucking furious. And that cold fury is being bottled up, saving it for later, for when he needs to act.
"It's okay, you can come out. We just need to talk. We're going to have a little chat. That's all."
He gets to the end of the hall of cabins, blood trailing from his fingers across all the doors from the loving notes left to Ebalon. He reaches up to his forehead, using the blood to draw a cross down his nose and across his forehead.
"Did you think you were finally free?"
This is probably fine.
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Did anyone worship me as a god? [Laughs! No.] Would you?
It would be quite an undertaking to change their conditioning. To go from believing I am literally the personification of true evil in the truest ultimate form to accepting that not only had their whole lives been a lie, but the man they quite literally demonized was the only one doing the impossible, even though it wasn't by means of miracles. Whatever the demonic version is.
Amaterasu is the mother of Japan. She is well before sending her descendants to rule over us, however, before giving them her sword. I believe that is about 600 BC by European calendar? A very strange thing, wormholes. But she wants the best for Nippon, maybe even more than I do, so I can only hope she would not disapprove of everything I've done in the name of unification. [Not that it would have stopped him though...]
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[ He's only there because he's a captive getting the shit beaten out of him, not that he's a believer.]
She's a .... wait what? The dog? Is the mother of Japan.
[ Blink. ]
You know what, that sounds awesome so I'm just gonna go with that. Better than all the shitty stories about America. Why can't we be founded by a dog...
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Specifically, Amaterasu is a kitsune dragon. Fox dragon. And that means... a wolf. But a tricky one who can disguise herself! Also... the sun. We always say she favors us, because we're the first one she sees each day. Luiz Frois kept trying to tell me, the sun cannot be a God, because God made the sun, but I always thought it just existed. No will or guiding reason.
Okami means wolf, but also, great goddess. Like how four means death. My family was pretty devout, so all women in our family have names beginning with O. Oinu is a normal name, that'd be O-dog, beautiful dog, or like the northern Ainu people. But Oichi is sort of like beautiful one, O-one, it just depends how you write it. And you can't write 4 as shi, death, because it's that taboo, it becomes yon instead.
Instead of how Amaterasu came to found Nippon, because it's kind if embarrassing, I shall tell you about the samurai my mother is named after! Gozen was the strongest samurai despite being a woman. In my time, katana is taught by the monks, so I can never teach it. And they will not teach women. But three centuries before my time, at the start of the Genpei civil war, she learned from watching her father. In the Genpei War, Amaterasu's descendants couldn't decide who should rule Japan. Supposedly, Amaterasu divinely inspired Gozen to fight on the correct side, so she was completely fearless herself, and struck intimdation into everyone with her katana! She was a better horseback rider than everyone, and could break an entire army. And she fought two hundred vs. two thousand. Another reason Oichi said Amaterasu must be on my side too.
All that's way after Amaterau's time though. She doesnt even remember sending the first emperor to look after Japan, nevermind constantly having to clean up after their whole line's fuck ups. So don't bother with asking questions. She even has the grass-cutter sacred sword still. I half want to touch it... and half worry it would turn me to ash! She's a lot more good humored than I would have expected. I thought I was at war with her, but maybe we were always on the same side like Oichi wanted? Hideyoshi would love that. He's a big believer in all the folklore myths. Mitsuhide is the opposite. Very skeptical. But Mitsuhude is called a kitsune himself, so people always say he's very tricky, and could just be trying to throw everyone off the scent by pretending it's all fakey fake.
What stories about America's founding are there? I know of Amerigo Vespucci, because the Portuguese funded his trip, but I have no idea how it came to speak English, or ban gay marriage. Or all of Billy Joel's stuff. New York City seems fascinating, but do we have anyone from there? Crichton's from Florida. Jeff from California. Ahhhh I wish I could see it for myself!
[You know he's in a good mood when he starts rambling the tldr! Theres a brief dip when he mentions Crichton and Jeff, but talking about history, and female samurai does cheer him up, even if hes supposed to be steeling Pratt's resolve.]
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Oh fuck, do I have to remember your sisters' names? I'm still struggling with all of Klaus' family, there's like a Five.. and a Diego, a Viktor.. maybe an Alison? [There were about twelve of them or something and Pratt can barely remember the other passengers names he sees daily, remembering everyone else's family is gonna be impossible.]
Wait why are katanas only taught by monks? That seems... weird
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Nah. It won't come up ever.
Five time travels. Luther is number one, and was sent to the moon. Diego is 2, and loves knives. Allison is -- [He has to think, but nods, because process of elimination.] 3 and an actress. Klaus is 4, Five is 5 and time traveled and got stuck before they got other names, Ben is 6 and died, and Viktor is 7. Pogo is the real Wukong, and Grace is their robot mother built by Reginald that gave them names.
Monks are weird. They teach katana, because they teach everything. [Huff.] Lisbon, Portugal has a university. One of the first in the world. But even that had to be sanctioned by their European Pope. Religion is the stronghold of knowledge for the same reason they have any power at all. Even in the future, education isn't free. The only children who get taught in the ways of the best are of very wealthy parents, so it's luck all over again, depending on how you are born. I wanted to destroy the castes, but there's only so much I can do in one lifetime. Non-samurai aren't allowed katana, and although some monks are not samurai born, it's one of the ways they let samurai retire; by becoming teachers.
My father and Sun Tzu were monks too. Generals are all taught the same way, and monks are the only ones with enough of a leisurely but focused lifestyle to dedicate much obsession to war.
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Damn, you're good at that. I couldn't remember any of the numbers if I tried.
Oh... yeah that sounds about right. College is fucking expensive. I'd be in debt forever if I'd done anything beyond police academy. And don't listen to people who talk about the NYPD and their overtime cuz where I live in Montana I don't get paid shit. Even with all the mandatory OT cuz there's only four of us.
Definitely wasn't fucking worth it in the end.
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What is... overtime?
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Downside is there's a zillion more drunk drivers. Just constantly doing DUIs for 10 hours in a row. Sooooo much paperwork.
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What is... [Headtilt.] DUI? Drunk driving? It's not illegal to be drunk, right? Drunk and wielding weapons openly? Drunk and using guns?
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Oh uh.. driving under the influence. It's not illegal to be drunk, it's illegal to drive while drunk. In uh... cars. You weren't here for the diner huh... Uhm... so like.. a car is a carriage without a horse? It moves on its own and you steer it, and when people are drunk they drive them into ditches or each other or walls or whatever. People get killed, kind of a lot. That's the majority of my time actually, dealing with drunk drivers and accidents they cause.
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Right, Klaus told me he played bumper cars with Ava, but using the regular cars. I didn't realize they could be so dangerous. How common are cars? Does everyone have one? Adults I mean. Horses are... obsolete, yes? I think someone told me the cars run on a type of oil? "Gas," I believe it was called. And then there are lots of stations with this fuel that also have coffee and snacks. Are there no more thieves, or is drunk driving just that commonplace? Or is it a Hope County thing?
[So. Many. Damn. Questions. This is why Arthur told him only one at a time!]
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There's still horses but no one uses them for transportation, just to ride for fun mostly, well I guess unless you're a cattle rancher maybe. Plus cars don't get terrified if they spot something weird in the distance or throw a fit and refuse to move because a leaf touched their foot. [He may like horses and know how to ride, but they are gigantic morons that he's pretty sure would keel over and die if looked at wrong.]
Yeah, coffee, snacks, candy, three hundred types of beef jerky. The good shit.
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How many times have yiy been bucked from saddle? 'Fess up.
What's beef jerky?
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I'm a pilot if we ever get to a place with a helicopter. 'Course you really don't wanna jump out of one because of the propeller, but I dunno how to fly a plane. Well, I could get it off the ground, but I dunno if I could land it which is the important part.
[Squint. Is this a challenge.] Three, but one of them I was like seven and I feel like that shouldn't count.
It's dried dehydrated beef strips, great snack, keeps forever.
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Helicoptor. What's the difference?
Hmmm. I wonder if American horses are more skittish than the ones we've been breeding since the Mongol invasion. Perhaps they get inured to the chaos after so much war. Or I naturally terrify them. It could be that. [He doesn't. He only terrifies people who don't know him, only his reputation, and cannot terrify a rabbit. Just ask Klaus.]
And it tastes good? How are there so many different kinds? [Definitely putting beef jerky in every bento box for Pratt from here to forever now.]
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Helicopters have propellers on the top so they can hover and go up and down vertically, planes have propellers on the front so you have to have wheels on them to get up to speed on the ground before they lift off. Planes are for transportation, helicopters are to get into remote locations where you don't have much room, or to hover over an area without moving - like if you're looking for someone trapped in a blizzard.
It's meat with seasoning bro, it's amazing. Smoked, teriyaki, peppered, chili and lime, hickory, cajun, korean bbq...
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Teriyaki? [Nods!] What's your favorite?
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I don't know how to land a plane. Different things, different controls. I'm a helicopter pilot not a plane pilot.
[There's dozens of flavors of jerky and yet Pratt is a basic bitch from Montana.]
I like the peppered one. Cuz I can eat a shit ton of it but it's not super bland.
[He scratches his jaw, thinking about how this has gone from him nearly losing his shit in the middle of the hallway, to discussing his favorite jerky flavors. Man this ship is fucking weird.]
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Peppered, I will remember this. I should lime to try the teriyaki, but lime too. What's the most extreme flavor? [EXTREME!!!]
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So I'm not sure why people eat it but apparently eating something that spicy is euphoric or whatever. I'm sure as fuck not gonna do it.
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Euphoric, huh? [But not drugs?] I think I can understand that. I wonder if Ieyasu would know. He likes spicy food the most.
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But if I find anything crazy spicy I'll let you know. You can try it out and tell me if it's worth it.
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